Higher Education Institutes in Uttarakhand set to reopen from Dec 15

The government of Uttarakhand has taken the decision to reopen the higher education institutes in the state, which have been closed for exactly nine months now, from December 15, official sources confirmed on Wednesday.

The decision to reopen the higher education institutes this month in the state was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat here on Wednesday, the sources said.

The schools and colleges in Uttarakhand have been shut



down since March 2020 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the imposition of the nationwide lockdown in the country. The higher education institutes will now reopen with several safety guidelines in the state.

A committee chaired by the chief secretary had already submitted its report to the government on opening institutions of higher education in the state which got the Cabinet’s nod. The cabinet cleared 27 out of a total of 29 proposals put before it on Wednesday, the sources said.